New Musical by the Creators of Spring Awakening

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New Musical by the Creators of Spring Awakening

Posted: 5/21/08 at 12:30pm

I just got an email with the season listings for New York Stage & Film's summer season at Vassar College. Among new works by Eve Ensler, Eric Bogosian, and John Patrick Shanley, there will also be a new musical by Duncan Sheik & Steven Sater.

Nero
SCRIPT AND LYRICS BY STEVEN SATER
MUSIC BY DUNCAN SHEIK
DIRECTED BY DANIEL KRAMER

JULY 11 – JULY 13, 2008

The newest project from the Tony Award-winning writer and composer of the groundbreaking musical and Broadway phenomenon Spring Awakening, a black-comic tale of the bad-boy Emperor who fiddles as all faith in his country burns.

Powerhouse Season

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re: New Musical by the Creators of Spring Awakening

Posted: 5/21/08 at 12:34pm

I'm extremely interested to see how this show works out.

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#3

re: New Musical by the Creators of Spring Awakening

Posted: 5/21/08 at 1:09pm

Meh

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#4

re: New Musical by the Creators of Spring Awakening

Posted: 5/21/08 at 1:23pm

The cast is AMAZING!
But I am sworn to secrecy, dang it.

Wait till you hear....

Should be announced soon.

#5

re: New Musical by the Creators of Spring Awakening

Posted: 5/21/08 at 1:24pm

I like the historical part to it- it has the potential to be pretty funny.

#6

re: New Musical by the Creators of Spring Awakening

Posted: 5/21/08 at 1:24pm

just read an article about how they basically "completed" the entire work (NERO) and then went back, a month later, and completely changed everything.

it's all new material with a fresh concept. should be interesting...

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re: New Musical by the Creators of Spring Awakening

Posted: 5/21/08 at 1:42pm

What's the show about?
When Can I get tickets? Will it be in NYC?
I'm happy to see something else by Duncan Shiek & Steven Satar

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re: New Musical by the Creators of Spring Awakening

Posted: 5/21/08 at 1:44pm

It's basically being treated as an out of town try-out workshop.
No furhter plans exist as of this moment.

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re: New Musical by the Creators of Spring Awakening

Posted: 5/21/08 at 1:49pm

Ooh, sounds interesting!
I'm curious also about what Eve Ensler is doing.

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re: New Musical by the Creators of Spring Awakening

Posted: 5/21/08 at 5:04pm

I'M GOING TO BE AN APPRENTIC AT POWERHOUSE THIS SUMMER!

I am so excited.

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re: New Musical by the Creators of Spring Awakening

Posted: 5/21/08 at 5:41pm

Updated On: 6/23/08 at 05:41 PM

#12

re: New Musical by the Creators of Spring Awakening

Posted: 6/23/08 at 5:05pm

Cast has been announced.
Carlson, Menzel, Michele and Arden Sing Sheik & Sater's Nero July 11-13

#13

re: New Musical by the Creators of Spring Awakening

Posted: 6/23/08 at 8:04pm

Sounds like it could be interesting.

I love Sheik's music but not crazy about Spring Awakening.

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#14

re: New Musical by the Creators of Spring Awakening

Posted: 6/23/08 at 9:05pm

Um, Nero has a type.

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re: New Musical by the Creators of Spring Awakening

Posted: 6/23/08 at 9:06pm

Idina AND Lea Michele? Oy. The fangirls will LURRVE this one.

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re: New Musical by the Creators of Spring Awakening

Posted: 6/23/08 at 9:46pm

i can't wait. i heard a song from this and it was amazing. duncan shiek kept saying that "nero" would make "spring awakening" look like "the wedding singer."

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re: New Musical by the Creators of Spring Awakening

Posted: 6/23/08 at 10:06pm

Interesting. The song that I found sounds nice.

#18

re: New Musical by the Creators of Spring Awakening

Posted: 6/23/08 at 10:10pm

Seeing as I did not see "The Wedding Singer", what does Shiek mean?

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re: New Musical by the Creators of Spring Awakening

Posted: 6/23/08 at 11:03pm

Sounds interesting, but I was sorely disappointed by Spring Awakening. I'll keep an open mind and hope for the best, though.

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re: New Musical by the Creators of Spring Awakening

Posted: 6/23/08 at 11:12pm

and just so you know, this is also starring Paolo Montalban (best known perhaps, as the prince in the Whitney Houston headed Cinderella) aka the worst screen actor of... all time. next to brandy.

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#21

re: New Musical by the Creators of Spring Awakening

Posted: 6/24/08 at 12:36am

idina = overrated
idina = her voice will commit suicide week 4
idina = makes teri hatcher's acting look truthful

o well... people want a name.

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re: New Musical by the Creators of Spring Awakening

Posted: 6/24/08 at 12:43am

Can't wait for more details!
I love that Lea Michele is doing something new, but oh god. I can't stand EYEEEDEEENAHHH. OR HER FANS.
This will be debateable for me, keep us posted

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#23

re: New Musical by the Creators of Spring Awakening

Posted: 6/24/08 at 1:24am

Saw the workshop of this at The Public last year and it, like Spring Awakening had nice-sounding but heartless songs which added nothing to plot, character, or drama, a book that had zero character development, and horribly written scenes. Yet, unlike Spring Awakening, the songs had zero punch. Menzel is the only reason I'm interested, and for that sake, I hope, if she sticks with it, the show's worthwhile.

Also, the idea of having to sit in a theater of Lea Michele, Spring Awakening, and Idina Menzel fangirls is giving me a migraine as I type.

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re: New Musical by the Creators of Spring Awakening

Posted: 6/24/08 at 1:52am

I'm disappointed Steggert didn't continue on with this

#25

re: New Musical by the Creators of Spring Awakening

Posted: 6/24/08 at 1:58am

Is this the same one that Jan Maxwell was involved in at one point? If so, it makes me quite unhappy to read that she is no longer involved with the project
Looks interesting though.

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